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by waikiore - 19/09/26 02:50 PM
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...all the water on Earth was made into a ball and plonked onto N. America… (Image: Jack Cook, Adam Nieman, WHOI, Howard Perlman, USGS) I thought this very surprising...It comes from QI on Twitter but references the US Geological Survey. Orginal Twitter Link
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That comparison ball seems very small considering the size, area & depth of the oceans, though. I'd probably sit and crunch some numbers but I'd rather clean wire wheels than do that..
My wires are tolerably clean at the moment, so here goes: The volume of a sphere 1400km (approx 860 miles) is c. 1.4 x 10**9 cubic kilometers The total area of the earth's oceans is 3.6 x 10**8 Km**2 so if they were of uniform depth this ball of water would fill them to the depth of 3.9km According to Google, the average depth of the world's oceans is 3688m, so it's close enough to be credible.
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Thanks for sharing this insight. This link has more: Link Has also the picture with the smaller spheres. Cheers, Bert The next is all the beer, followed by all the wine, followed by all the whisky 
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That comparison ball seems very small considering the size, area & depth of the oceans, though. I'd probably sit and crunch some numbers but I'd rather clean wire wheels than do that..
My wires are tolerably clean at the moment, so here goes: The volume of a sphere 1400km (approx 860 miles) is c. 1.4 x 10**9 cubic kilometers The total area of the earth's oceans is 3.6 x 10**8 Km**2 so if they were of uniform depth this ball of water would fill them to the depth of 3.9km According to Google, the average depth of the world's oceans is 3688m, so it's close enough to be credible. Haven't you got a Llama to walk..?
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That comparison ball seems very small considering the size, area & depth of the oceans, though. I'd probably sit and crunch some numbers but I'd rather clean wire wheels than do that..
My wires are tolerably clean at the moment, so here goes: The volume of a sphere 1400km (approx 860 miles) is c. 1.4 x 10**9 cubic kilometers The total area of the earth's oceans is 3.6 x 10**8 Km**2 so if they were of uniform depth this ball of water would fill them to the depth of 3.9km According to Google, the average depth of the world's oceans is 3688m, so it's close enough to be credible. Haven't you got a Llama to walk..? A long walk.
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If you put all Llamas in a ball you could roll them... 
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How big would the ball be?
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